I am moving to Houma,LA and would like some info about that area?

Answer 1

It is in Terrebonne parish, just northwest of New Orleans. The population was 32,393 at the 2000 census. There are many unincorporated areas adjacent to the city; the largest, Bayou Cane, is an urbanized area commonly referred to by locals as Houma but is not included in the 2000 census count. For this reason the actual population of the Houma area is estimated to be significantly greater than the census figure.

The name derives from the Houmas Indian tribe, not recognized by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Houma and the surrounding communities are steeped in the traditions and culture of the Cajuns. The area is famous for its food, fishing, swamps, music, and hospitality. Houma is also known, although not as well as New Orleans, for its Mardi Gras festivities. Almost all towns within 100 miles of New Orleans, for example Mobile Alabama, seem to celebrate Mardi Gras. Though Houma is quickly changing and developing, many of the residents of the surrounding small communities make their living as their ancestors did. They are shrimpers, oystermen, crabbers, fishermen, and trappers. Despite the rapidly changing face of the area, many old traditions and lifestyles remain to remind us of the area's rich cultural history.

Houma and the surrounding area are the setting for the fictional Swamp Thing comic books, and the 2005 movie, The Skeleton Key. (It should be noted that the movie The Skeleton Key was not actually filmed in Houma, or Terrebonne Parish).

Houma resident Martin Folse filmed the movie "Nutria Man: Terror in the Swamp" in the swamps in and around Houma in 1983.

The racial makeup of the city is 67.46% White, 26.12% African American, 3.45% Native American, 0.71% Asian.

The median income for a household in the city is $34,471, and the median income for a family was $40,679.

You can read the local newspaper at this website: http://www.houmatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

Answer 2

I am not sure about Houma but I was born in New Orleans. It is very, very, very, very humid all day and night during the summer. And the mosquitos are very bad. I hated it. I moved